Monte, that is a very good idea.
Most race tracks do a historic "Marque" event of some sort during the season, and they tend to bump attendance and press coverage.
By putting together what could well become the world's largest display of bellytank lakesters and getting the press releases out, this could really raise the profile of WOS. The only fault I see is that Lakesters are a focus unique to LSR. Marques, on the other hand, could prove to be a valuable outreach for USFRA.
Consider a UK event next year? 5 of the 6 initial inductees into the 200 mph club were British. Austin-Healey, MG, Triumph - they ALL have car clubs here in the states that are rife with fanatics, and they're always looking for group vacation destinations and filler for their monthly newsletters. You can get a boatload of free publicity out of those organizations. Think of the extra folks the Australian Healey team alone drew to the event in 2009. That was just two cars, and the dinner event at the community center was wall to wall.
I'd lump all three marques together - You could do the same thing with Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac. A Studebaker event would be a gim'me, a Mopar focused event. All of these marques have grass roots clubs that will help you get the word out.
Part of the problem with LSR promotion is that it tends to be too insular - a lot of preaching to the converted, if you will. The same announcements appear in the same publications year after year. You could easily turn this into an outreach, one marque at a time, and utilize the resources of numerous organizations to drive attendance and interest.
Chris
